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Robin Landseadel Commented on Ba-Ba Ba-BOM! Beethovan's 5th in 4 Days by TheraP

2008-11-01T23:00:20Z

I've known for many years that Beethoven's Symphony in C minor has this martial aspect that many people associate with a victorious campaign. For a couple-two-three reasons that ought to be as obvious as Obama's Cool demeanor—maybe even the nose on his face?—something more in alignment with the nominee's cultural background comes to mind. There's Aretha Franklin's glorious "Oh Mary Don't You Weep":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqEFLUKnB18

. . .evoking the revived Lazurus "Walkin' like a natural man---OH Yes he Did, Oh yes he Did!!!", like our nation pulling out of its collective coma.

And of course, this incredible work by will.i.am:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY

Yes We Can!

Robin Landseadel Commented on TPM Track Composite: Obama's Lead Edges Up by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-30T22:35:09Z

"to quit shooting moose? :)'

To quit sniffing glue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwyrGwM4a7M

Robin Landseadel Commented on First Post-Conviction Poll Shows Likely Loss For Stevens by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-29T18:45:58Z

As the King of pork in a huge state with a tiny population, there's probably 44% of the voting population that owe their jobs to To Ted.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Rachel Maddow Turning Into Wolf Blitzer? by Craig Gurian

2008-10-29T18:41:38Z

As the most refreshing and intelligent voice on cable news, I'm not so concerned that she's towing the line of cable TV conventions.

However, Rachel's more intelligent than either her radio or TV straightjackets allow. I'd love to see her work in the format that Bill Moyers developed for PBS. A shot at hosting "Meet the Press" wouldn't hurt either. She managed to parry with David Frum successfully with zero prep time. Keith Olbermann would turn into as much of a sputtering gasbag as O'Reilly under similar circumstances. What sets Rachel Maddow apart from all other cable news talking heads is a civility of tone otherwise absent from the airwaves.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Election Central Morning Roundup by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-29T14:34:30Z

"Barack Obama is not ready to be President, yet. . ."

. . . Sarah Palin will never be ready to be President and McCain is far too screwed up to ever be a responsible President.

In any case, whoever is running the Democrat's show is ready, willing and able to make government functional again.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Stevens Found Guilty on All Counts]]> by Kate Klonick

2008-10-27T20:52:32Z

I'm Thinkin' more like:

http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/1-nick-nolte-mugshot.jpg

Robin Landseadel Commented on Stevens Found Guilty on All Counts]]> by Kate Klonick

2008-10-27T20:43:56Z

That's good, but we're looking for a bit more of a Peter Cushing/Lorre affect—from the top, but this time with real schadenfreude:

BWA-HA-HA-HAHA-BWA-HA-HA-HAHA-BWA-HA-HA-HAHA-HAHA-HAHA-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO...

Robin Landseadel Commented on Stevens Found Guilty on All Counts]]> by Kate Klonick

2008-10-27T20:24:58Z

Santa's just an anagram for Satan, And Satan is MY motor.

Thanks, Santa!!! This is gonna take down Sarah the lipsticked one like Dorothy took down the wicked witches of the east AND west.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Election Central Morning Roundup by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-27T14:39:58Z

Dear Lars, I very much like your plan and want to know how to get in on the action. First, please tell me more about those bongs. . .

Robin Landseadel Commented on Election Central Morning Roundup by Eric Kleefeld

2008-10-27T14:33:40Z

Coke's buzz usually doesn't last long enough to cause molar damage. Don't forget that Wasilla is the crank capital of Alaska.

Robin Landseadel Commented on BREAKING: Top Level McCain Campaign Shake Up by ☠enghis

2008-10-24T21:54:23Z

Yeah! Now pass the Nitrous over here.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T20:14:56Z

I believe she is a representative of the "Real American" that the Orwellian language of the right has created.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T19:10:58Z

I know the feeling all too well. I've started to get a similar reaction when Olbermann attempts an impersonation of O'Reilly.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T19:03:35Z

You're no troll. The point I'm making [using your remarks as a jumping off point---not the same as attacking you] is that most of what has been happening with the McCain collapse is due to attempting to exploit racism without ever invoking race directly.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T18:57:38Z

No, I don't think you're a troll. I do think that David Frum made the right point, but he made it in the wrong place. He should have started his dialog concerning extreme speech on O'Reilly and then moved on to Olbermann---Rachel Maddow is a pussycat in comparison. Actually, Frank Luntz struck me as rational and reasonable during his appearance on Real Time last week and Bill Maher should have thanked him for pointing out that Obama is winning because he is reasonable, doesn't air his grudges or even seem to have any grudges. WWOD is a reasonable thing to say and you are no troll.

On the other hand, I just might be a tasmanian devil.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T18:47:06Z

McCain's folks dredged up the Ayres attack as a crypto-racist slur. The 'red meat' base ate it up, and then the Schmidt-heads expanded operations in search of new and increasingly creepy ways of playing out the racist subtext in these campaigns. In the process they opened up a national dialog on identity politics and definitions of words like "terrorist" and what it means to be a "real American."

Upshot: It really is the GOP's fault and they deserve every bit of denigration they're basking in right now.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T18:33:10Z

But I can't fly to Hawaii right now!

Okay, David Frum, you've actually have got a rational point there. Still, as one of those disgruntled folks that got downsized by a Bushie, please allow me to bath in all this schadenfreude while it's still flying about and I've got nothing but free time on my hands and a high-speed internet connection that enables me to screed at the speed of light.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T18:23:58Z

Like Civilization, I think Conservatism is a great idea, I wish someone would try it someday. Republican Conservatism is National Socialism wrapped in a flag, waving a bible and produced on an airtight soundstage by Disney. Taxes are rotten, except when they are funding the Military Industrial Complex or the Prison Industry. These "Real Americans" aren't racist, they're just against "welfare mothers" and "rising crime." Reagan got huge applause from the base for promising to cripple government, then made sure it only served the interests of big business. Result: free base and Oliver North on talk radio instead of in jail.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T18:06:45Z

"Just as ridiculous is linking the actions of this girl to McCain, his campaign, or his mainstream supporters."

What "mainstream supporters"? The moderates have been fleeing McCain like it's the Lusitania right after the explosion. All that's left of his base are the wingnuts. And McCain hasn't had the moxie to tell them to shut up. Therefore we have to assume that McCain has embraced the flat-earth brigade.

The antebellum south will rise again!

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T17:58:40Z

Hell, he just volunteered to to take the first shot in the circular firling line.

Up next, Sarah Palin's hairdresser.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T17:55:34Z

Well, it makes me glad that foreign countries can enjoy the same sort of elevated discourse that can be found in the U.S. Bravo!

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T17:52:16Z

Huh?

Robin Landseadel Commented on Report: McCain Volunteer Who Claimed "Carved B" Attack Confesses To Making Up Story by Greg Sargent

2008-10-24T17:44:02Z

Can you say:

"The GOP just stepped into deep do-do?"

I knew you could!

Robin Landseadel Commented on And Conservatives]]> by Greg Sargent

2008-10-19T22:23:02Z

Caliph Garrett: "Either that, or McCain dosed the dry rub with peyote."

Gawd, I wish that would happen. Trust me, you wouldn't be getting these sorts of responses if the swing shift was chewing on some "brujo's choice."

Robin Landseadel Commented on Supreme Court Sides With Dems On Ohio Voting Case ]]> by Zachary Roth

2008-10-17T18:35:01Z

I hope it's not premature either. This is probably even more important than it looks on the surface.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Obama Hits McCain, Palin For Ugly Tone At Rallies by Greg Sargent

2008-10-16T05:10:07Z

"Luke! I am your father.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Obama Hits McCain, Palin For Ugly Tone At Rallies by Greg Sargent

2008-10-16T05:07:11Z

You have to have a Gold Plated Cadilliac as a co-pay for a transplant. Hope that clears everything up.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Obama Hits McCain, Palin For Ugly Tone At Rallies by Greg Sargent

2008-10-16T05:03:04Z

Well. . .there was that little clambake that went down at the Watergate Hotel. We all know of McCain's ongoing devotion to G. Gordon Liddy.

Robin Landseadel Commented on Obama Hits McCain, Palin For Ugly Tone At Rallies by Greg Sargent

2008-10-16T04:56:47Z

. . .must. . .find. . .nitro. . .

Robin Landseadel Commented on Obama Hits McCain, Palin For Ugly Tone At Rallies by Greg Sargent

2008-10-16T04:51:27Z

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout? Schieffer did the right thing—we needed for McLamebrain's idee fixe to get aired in the presence of "That One." Obama replied by telling folks what they already knew or surmised, that Captain POW!!! was accusing the Annenberg Foundation of being a Yippie!!! front organization. And Sarah Palin's running mate sputtered and made a series of really weird girns, suggesting that he was about to be overcome by an onset of Torrette's. A winning ticket all around!